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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
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Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. When it opened in 1825, Gov. Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor as a ceremonial “wedding of the waters.” Although gesture was symbolic in nature, the success of the Erie Canal project propelled New York into economically and politically thriving “imperial” state. The canal system is credited with the expansion of Upstate and Western New York.
The Erie Canal has 35 locks, plus the FederalBlackLock, which raise barges a total elevation change of approximately 565 feet. In its early years, horses and mules pulled the barges loaded with freight along the canal.
While a few cargo boats can still be seen on the canal, railroads and then highways led to the diminished use of the Erie Canal for major freight transportation. Recreational and tour boats are now popular throughout the redeveloped canal.
In 2000, Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor as “America’s most iconic, influential and enduring waterway.”

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
Today the canal is more popular as a leisure destination for locals and visitors alike. Paris’ wealthy young bohemians can often be seen congregating on its banks and in pavement cafes. Meanwhile, the picturesque bridges are a magnet for tourists exploring the city.
Over time, in fact, the canal has become an iconic symbol of the city. As well as having inspired painters such as the British impressionist Alfred Sisley, the waterway has, throughout the years, featured in a number of movies, including the 2001 classic Amelie.
Inevitably, though, almost 200 years of operation have taken their toll on the canal. As a result, officials now make an effort to empty it every ten to 15 years, removing the detritus that has found its way to the bottom. However, in January 2016 they were in for a shock.
The last time that the canal had been drained was back in 2001, when authorities retrieved some 40 tons of trash from the water. In addition, they uncovered a car, washing machines, gold coins and two 75mm shells, the latter dating from World War I.
Since then, the area around the Canal Saint-Martin has become famous for its nightlife, with young people flocking to the previously exclusive district. That said, there were concerns that these revelers would bring even more waste to the waterway – and in 2016 it was time to find out if they had.
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This short documentary celebrates the beginning of The Erie Canal's bicentennial period by taking a brief look at its history, as well as its modern day relevance.

In a time when bulk goods were limited to pack animals (an eighth-ton [250 pounds (113kg)] maximum), and there were no steamships or railways, water was the most cost-effective way to ship bulk goods. The canal was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard (New York City) and the western interior (Great Lakes) of the United States that did not require portage. It was faster than carts pulled by draft animals, and cut transport costs by about 95%. The canal fostered a population surge in western New York and opened regions farther west to settlement. It was enlarged between 1834 and 1862. The canal's peak year was 1855, when 33,000 commercial shipments took place. In 1918, the western part of the canal was enlarged to become part of the New York State Barge Canal, which ran parallel to the eastern half and extended to the Hudson River.

Low Bridge (song)

The popular song "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal" was written in 1905 by Thomas S. Allen after Erie Canal barge traffic was converted from mule power to engine power, raising the speed of traffic. The tune is sadly nostalgic. Also known as "Low Bridge, Everybody Down,""The Erie Canal Song,""Mule Named Sal," and "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal," the song memorializes the years from 1825 to 1880 when the mule barges made boomtowns out of Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, and transformed New York into the Empire State.

The music cover (right) published in 1915 depicts a boy on a mule getting down to pass under a bridge, but the song refers to travelers who would typically ride on top of the boats. The low bridges would require them to get down out of the way to allow safe passage under a bridge.

In the Spanky and the Our Gang version, the song also appears on an album in a long unedited version, including the group warming up their harmonies in the beginning (for a different song, as it happens), as well as an extended ending, where the sounds of a tape machine rolling back, plus the sounds of the group's joking until the fade is completed, causing one of the members to state that they need to get a new producer, resulting in laughter. This version lasted over 6 minutes in length.

Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 song)

"Sunday Morning" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on December 2, 2004 as the fourth single from their debut studio album, Songs About Jane (2002). Released in 2004, the single peaked at number 31 in the United States becoming Maroon 5's fourth Top 40 single; it also peaked at number 27 in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The music video was filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London. It features Maroon 5 performing the song, interspensed with scenes of numerous people singing it at a karaoke bar.

Critical reception

Billboard called the single "another can't-miss romp from America's hottest pop-rock band."

Music video

The music video for "Sunday Morning" features the Maroon 5 recording the song at Abbey Road Studios, as well as a karaoke scene which starts off with a Japanese man and a pair of women, both blonde and brunette, singing the closing bar to "This Love". Adam Levine says the idea for the video struck the band when they were in Japan and noticed a few of their songs on the karaoke list at a Japanese bar.

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
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AVALIANDO A MOTO STRADA 200 ANO 97! NOVA MOTO DO CANAL MARIO 7 GALO!

AVALIANDO A MOTO STRADA 200 ANO 97! NOVA MOTO DO CANAL MARIO 7 GALO!

AVALIANDO A MOTO STRADA 200 ANO 97! NOVA MOTO DO CANAL MARIO 7 GALO!

200 years on the Erie Canal

Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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Erie Canal at 200: How a ditch transformed New York into the Empire State

Erie Canal at 200: How a ditch transformed New York into the Empire State

Erie Canal at 200: How a ditch transformed New York into the Empire State

What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. When it opened in 1825, Gov. Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor as a ceremonial “wedding of the waters.” Although gesture was symbolic in nature, the success of the Erie Canal project propelled New York into economically and politically thriving “imperial” state. The canal system is credited with the expansion of Upstate and Western New York.
The Erie Canal has 35 locks, plus the FederalBlackLock, which raise barges a total elevation change of approximately 565 feet. In its early years, horses and mules pulled the barges loaded with freight along the canal.
While a few cargo boats can still be seen on the canal, railroads and then highways led to the diminished use of the Erie Canal for major freight transportation. Recreational and tour boats are now popular throughout the redeveloped canal.
In 2000, Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor as “America’s most iconic, influential and enduring waterway.”

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When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
Today the canal is more popular as a leisure destination for locals and visitors alike. Paris’ wealthy young bohemians can often be seen congregating on its banks and in pavement cafes. Meanwhile, the picturesque bridges are a magnet for tourists exploring the city.
Over time, in fact, the canal has become an iconic symbol of the city. As well as having inspired painters such as the British impressionist Alfred Sisley, the waterway has, throughout the years, featured in a number of movies, including the 2001 classic Amelie.
Inevitably, though, almost 200 years of operation have taken their toll on the canal. As a result, officials now make an effort to empty it every ten to 15 years, removing the detritus that has found its way to the bottom. However, in January 2016 they were in for a shock.
The last time that the canal had been drained was back in 2001, when authorities retrieved some 40 tons of trash from the water. In addition, they uncovered a car, washing machines, gold coins and two 75mm shells, the latter dating from World War I.
Since then, the area around the Canal Saint-Martin has become famous for its nightlife, with young people flocking to the previously exclusive district. That said, there were concerns that these revelers would bring even more waste to the waterway – and in 2016 it was time to find out if they had.
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Still Here: 200 Years on The Erie Canal

Still Here: 200 Years on The Erie Canal

Still Here: 200 Years on The Erie Canal

This short documentary celebrates the beginning of The Erie Canal's bicentennial period by taking a brief look at its history, as well as its modern day relevance.

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the...

published: 07 May 2018

AVALIANDO A MOTO STRADA 200 ANO 97! NOVA MOTO DO CANAL MARIO 7 GALO!

200 years on the Erie Canal

Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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Erie Canal at 200: How a ditch transformed New York into the Empire State

What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. ...

published: 29 Jun 2017

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon th...

published: 13 May 2018

Still Here: 200 Years on The Erie Canal

This short documentary celebrates the beginning of The Erie Canal's bicentennial period by taking a brief look at its history, as well as its modern day relevance.

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
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Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. When it opened in 1825, Gov. Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor as a ceremonial “wedding of the waters.” Although gesture was symbolic in nature, the success of the Erie Canal project propelled New York into economically and politically thriving “imperial” state. The canal system is credited with the expansion of Upstate and Western New York.
The Erie Canal has 35 locks, plus the FederalBlackLock, which raise barges a total elevation change of approximately 565 feet. In its early years, horses and mules pulled the barges loaded with freight along the canal.
While a few cargo boats can still be seen on the canal, railroads and then highways led to the diminished use of the Erie Canal for major freight transportation. Recreational and tour boats are now popular throughout the redeveloped canal.
In 2000, Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor as “America’s most iconic, influential and enduring waterway.”

What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. When it opened in 1825, Gov. Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor as a ceremonial “wedding of the waters.” Although gesture was symbolic in nature, the success of the Erie Canal project propelled New York into economically and politically thriving “imperial” state. The canal system is credited with the expansion of Upstate and Western New York.
The Erie Canal has 35 locks, plus the FederalBlackLock, which raise barges a total elevation change of approximately 565 feet. In its early years, horses and mules pulled the barges loaded with freight along the canal.
While a few cargo boats can still be seen on the canal, railroads and then highways led to the diminished use of the Erie Canal for major freight transportation. Recreational and tour boats are now popular throughout the redeveloped canal.
In 2000, Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor as “America’s most iconic, influential and enduring waterway.”

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
Today the canal is more popular as a leisure destination for locals and visitors alike. Paris’ wealthy young bohemians can often be seen congregating on its banks and in pavement cafes. Meanwhile, the picturesque bridges are a magnet for tourists exploring the city.
Over time, in fact, the canal has become an iconic symbol of the city. As well as having inspired painters such as the British impressionist Alfred Sisley, the waterway has, throughout the years, featured in a number of movies, including the 2001 classic Amelie.
Inevitably, though, almost 200 years of operation have taken their toll on the canal. As a result, officials now make an effort to empty it every ten to 15 years, removing the detritus that has found its way to the bottom. However, in January 2016 they were in for a shock.
The last time that the canal had been drained was back in 2001, when authorities retrieved some 40 tons of trash from the water. In addition, they uncovered a car, washing machines, gold coins and two 75mm shells, the latter dating from World War I.
Since then, the area around the Canal Saint-Martin has become famous for its nightlife, with young people flocking to the previously exclusive district. That said, there were concerns that these revelers would bring even more waste to the waterway – and in 2016 it was time to find out if they had.
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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
Today the canal is more popular as a leisure destination for locals and visitors alike. Paris’ wealthy young bohemians can often be seen congregating on its banks and in pavement cafes. Meanwhile, the picturesque bridges are a magnet for tourists exploring the city.
Over time, in fact, the canal has become an iconic symbol of the city. As well as having inspired painters such as the British impressionist Alfred Sisley, the waterway has, throughout the years, featured in a number of movies, including the 2001 classic Amelie.
Inevitably, though, almost 200 years of operation have taken their toll on the canal. As a result, officials now make an effort to empty it every ten to 15 years, removing the detritus that has found its way to the bottom. However, in January 2016 they were in for a shock.
The last time that the canal had been drained was back in 2001, when authorities retrieved some 40 tons of trash from the water. In addition, they uncovered a car, washing machines, gold coins and two 75mm shells, the latter dating from World War I.
Since then, the area around the Canal Saint-Martin has become famous for its nightlife, with young people flocking to the previously exclusive district. That said, there were concerns that these revelers would bring even more waste to the waterway – and in 2016 it was time to find out if they had.
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When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
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200 years on the Erie Canal

Two hundreds years ago, construction began on a 363-mile canal linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and New York City - an engineering and commercial triumph as revolutionary as the Internet. But the Erie Canal was dismissed at first. New York politician DeWitt Clinton spent 10 years fighting to sell the project to a deeply skeptical public, and Presidents Jefferson and Madison refused to help fund it. Yet the canal quickly changed the geography and commerce of the young nation. Richard Schlesinger reports on the history of the Erie Canal, still celebrated in song as an example of American ingenuity.
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Erie Canal at 200: How a ditch transformed New York into the Empire State

What began as a highly criticized ditch in would transform New York into the Empire State.
On July 4, 1817, construction began in Rome, NY, on the Erie Canal. A mere four-feet-deep and forty-feet-wide, the waterway was nicknamed “Clinton’s Big Ditch” after GovernorDeWitt Clinton, who pursued the goal of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean without any support from the federal government.
While formal engineering schools did not exist at the time, the canal system is credited as one of the greatest civil engineering projects of its era. Thousands of laborers – many of them recent Irish and German immigrants – blasted through solid rock walls to build the 363-mile-long canal and the channel was dredged using picks and shovels.
The canal took eight years to complete. When it opened in 1825, Gov. Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor as a ceremonial “wedding of the waters.” Although gesture was symbolic in nature, the success of the Erie Canal project propelled New York into economically and politically thriving “imperial” state. The canal system is credited with the expansion of Upstate and Western New York.
The Erie Canal has 35 locks, plus the FederalBlackLock, which raise barges a total elevation change of approximately 565 feet. In its early years, horses and mules pulled the barges loaded with freight along the canal.
While a few cargo boats can still be seen on the canal, railroads and then highways led to the diminished use of the Erie Canal for major freight transportation. Recreational and tour boats are now popular throughout the redeveloped canal.
In 2000, Congress established the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor as “America’s most iconic, influential and enduring waterway.”

When Authorities Drained This 200 Year Old Canal, What They Found At The Bottom Was Extraordinary

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It’s a gray January day in Paris, and a crowd has gathered along the Canal Saint-Martin. As they stare into the murky brown depths below, the waters slowly empty, uncovering secrets that have been kept hidden for many years. And as the bottom of the 200-year-old canal emerges into view, a truly bizarre underside of the city is revealed.
The story of the famous canal began in 1802, when the French leader Napoleon I ordered its construction. At the time, around 550,000 people were living in Paris, and the population was continuing to grow. Napoleon therefore hoped that canals bringing fresh water to the city would help to prevent the spread of disease.
As a result, over the next two decades, three canals were dug across the city, together totaling more than 80 miles in length. Arguably the most famous of the three, the Canal Saint-Martin, connects the 68-mile Canal de l’Ourcq with the long, lazy flow of the River Seine.
Beginning in Bassin de l’Arsenal by the Seine, the canal travels underground beneath Place de la Bastille, the site of a prison that was stormed during the French Revolution. It subsequently emerges close to the Place de la République before heading north to the Bassin de la Villette. There, it joins with the Canal de l’Ourq and the RiverOurcq beyond.
In total, the Canal Saint-Martin covers some three miles of central Paris. Originally funded by a levy on wine, it historically brought trade as well as fresh water to the city. In fact, in its heyday the waterway also carried both building supplies and food to the people of Paris.
Today the canal is more popular as a leisure destination for locals and visitors alike. Paris’ wealthy young bohemians can often be seen congregating on its banks and in pavement cafes. Meanwhile, the picturesque bridges are a magnet for tourists exploring the city.
Over time, in fact, the canal has become an iconic symbol of the city. As well as having inspired painters such as the British impressionist Alfred Sisley, the waterway has, throughout the years, featured in a number of movies, including the 2001 classic Amelie.
Inevitably, though, almost 200 years of operation have taken their toll on the canal. As a result, officials now make an effort to empty it every ten to 15 years, removing the detritus that has found its way to the bottom. However, in January 2016 they were in for a shock.
The last time that the canal had been drained was back in 2001, when authorities retrieved some 40 tons of trash from the water. In addition, they uncovered a car, washing machines, gold coins and two 75mm shells, the latter dating from World War I.
Since then, the area around the Canal Saint-Martin has become famous for its nightlife, with young people flocking to the previously exclusive district. That said, there were concerns that these revelers would bring even more waste to the waterway – and in 2016 it was time to find out if they had.
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In a time when bulk goods were limited to pack animals (an eighth-ton [250 pounds (113kg)] maximum), and there were no steamships or railways, water was the most cost-effective way to ship bulk goods. The canal was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard (New York City) and the western interior (Great Lakes) of the United States that did not require portage. It was faster than carts pulled by draft animals, and cut transport costs by about 95%. The canal fostered a population surge in western New York and opened regions farther west to settlement. It was enlarged between 1834 and 1862. The canal's peak year was 1855, when 33,000 commercial shipments took place. In 1918, the western part of the canal was enlarged to become part of the New York State Barge Canal, which ran parallel to the eastern half and extended to the Hudson River.